List of Copper Country mills
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of stamping mills
in the Copper Country
of Michigan
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Stamp mill
A stamp mill is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operation....
in the Copper Country
Copper Country
The Copper Country is an area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States, including all of Keweenaw County, Michigan and most of Houghton, Baraga and Ontonagon counties. The area is so named as copper mining was prevalent there from 1845 until the late 1960s, with one mine ...
of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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- Ahmeek mill - In Hubbell, MichiganHubbell, MichiganHubbell is an unincorporated community in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The U.S. Census Bureau has defined an area around the community as a Census-designated place for statistical purposes. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,105...
- Atlantic millAtlantic MillThe Atlantic Mill was located on the east side of Redridge, Michigan near the Redridge Steel Dam. It was constructed in 1892 and closed in 1912. It was connected to the Atlantic mine via a 9 mile long Atlantic and Lake Superior Railroard. The previous path of the railroad is now a scenic...
- Near the Redridge Steel DamRedridge Steel DamThe Redridge Steel Dam is a steel dam across the Salmon Trout River in Redridge, Houghton County, Michigan. Completed in 1901, it is a flat slab buttress dam constructed of steel, a relatively rare material for construction of dams, which are typically earthenworks or masonry...
in Redridge, Michigan - Baltic millBaltic millThe Baltic Mill was a copper stamping mill near Redridge, Michigan. The Atlantic mill was located at a nearby location....
- Near the Redridge Steel Dam in Redridge, Michigan - Calumet and Hecla MillsCalumet and Hecla Mining CompanyThe Calumet and Hecla Mining Company was a major copper-mining company based in the Michigan Copper Country. In the 19th century, the company paid out more than $72 million in shareholder dividends, more than any other mining company in the United States during that period.-History:In 1864, Edwin J...
- In Lake Linden, MichiganLake Linden, MichiganLake Linden is a village in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,081 at the 2000 census. The village is mostly within Schoolcraft Township, though a tiny portion lies in Torch Lake Township.-History:... - Central mill - Four miles east of Phoenix, MichiganPhoenix, MichiganPhoenix is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. Phoenix lies at the junction of M-26 and US 41. Phoenix lies about two miles south of Eagle River, Michigan, near the shores of Lake Superior.-Copper:...
- Champion mill - In Freda, MichiganFreda, MichiganFreda, Michigan is an unincorporated community fifteen miles west of Houghton, Michigan, United States in the Stanton Township. Once a booming, dynamic town, Freda was a key part of the copper industry in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on the western edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula...
- Cliff mineCliff mineThe Cliff mine was the first successful copper mine in the Copper Country of the state of Michigan in the United States. The mine is at the now-abandoned town of Clifton in Keweenaw County. Mining began in 1845, and the Cliff was the most productive copper mine in the United States from 1845...
- The Cliff mine had a stamp mill on site. - Copper Falls mill - Southwest of Eagle Harbor, Michigan
- Humboldt mill - In Champion, Michigan. Planned to be used as a part of the new Eagle mine projectEagle mine projectThe Eagle mine project is a proposed nickel and copper mine by Kennecott Minerals Corporation, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. The company is currently considering opening the mine on the Yellow Dog Plains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula . Nickel and copper are the principal metals to be mined, but...
- Isle Royale mill - Two miles east of Houghton, MichiganHoughton, MichiganHoughton is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and largest city in the Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,708. It is the county seat of Houghton County...
- Mohawk mill - In Gay, MichiganGay, MichiganGay is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 12 miles from Lake Linden on Copper Island at the western end of the Upper Peninsula. Local government is provided by Sherman Township. As of 2000, its population is 60....
- Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic DistrictQuincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic DistrictThe Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills Historic District is a historic stamp mill located on M-26 near Torch Lake, just east of Mason in Osceola Township...
- Near Mason, Houghton County, MichiganMason, Houghton County, MichiganMason is a small community in Houghton County, Michigan that is the remainder of past Stamp mill operations at the Quincy Mining Company Stamp Mills. Still standing and mostly occupied are 23 mining company houses, all along M-26. Mason has been dubbed by some locals "shutter town," because each... - Tamarack mill - Near Hubbell, MichiganHubbell, MichiganHubbell is an unincorporated community in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The U.S. Census Bureau has defined an area around the community as a Census-designated place for statistical purposes. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,105...
- Trimountain mill - In Beacon Hill, Michigan
- Victoria mill - Located near the Victoria MineVictoria MineVictoria Mine is a series of copper mines located in Rockland Township in Michigan’s Copper Country. It was near this location that a large piece of float copper, also known as the Ontonagon Boulder, was found. The mine operated off and on from 1849 until its final closure in 1921. Most of the...
See also
- Copper mining in MichiganCopper mining in MichiganWhile it originated thousands of years earlier, copper mining in Michigan became an important industry in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its rise marked the start of copper mining as a major industry in the United States.-Geology:...
- List of Copper Country smelters
- List of Copper Country mines